Remote lock and control means for doors



April 22 1930. c. J. ANDREWS REMOTE LOCK AND CONTROL MEANS FOR DOORSFiled March 16 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVEN TOR. (magma JACOB A/ypem Q.@(fl Wmm ATTORNEY April 22, 1930. c. J. ANDREWS 1,755,585

REMOTE LOCK AND CONTROL MEANS FOR DOORS Filed March 16, 1926 2Sheets-Sheet MIX u h 4 I N V EN TOR. CHAQLES Jacoa .QNDQEWS ATTORNEYPatented Apr. 22, 193i) UNETED CHARLES JACOB ANDREW'S, OF SAN DIEGO,CALIFORNIA REMOTE LOCK AND CONTROL MEANS FOR DOORS Application filedMarch 16, 1926.

My invention relates to remote lock and control means, particularlyadapted and applicable for garage doors.

The objects of my invention are: first, to

5 provide a remote lock for doors whereby the door may be easily andquickly opened as the sameis approached; second, to provide means ofthis class whereby a garage door, normally locked; may be unlocked andopened from the fd-rivers compartment of the automobile, or from anyother compartment thereof, as the automobile is directed toward thearage door, but before the door is reachec, thus avoiding getting out ofthe automobile in wet weather, or when the driveway is muddy, or underother disagreeable conditions; third, to provide means of this class forlocking doors whereby, when the lock portion is set, the door or doorsmay be locked automatically by merely closing the door or doors; fourth,to provide a remotelock and control means for doors whereby, when thedoor is unlocked from a remote position thereof, the door or doors areopened by a weight or weights within the garage or other buildingstructure; fifth, to provide a remote lock and control means for doorswhich is applicable to one or more doors mounted on straight tracks, orone or more doors mounted on 39 tracks extended around corners of agarage or other building, or one or more hinged doors, without deviatingfrom the spirit of the invention; sixth, to provide a novellyconstructed and arranged remote lock and control means for doors, andseventh, to provide a means of this class which is particularly simpleand economical of construction, durable, efficient, reliable,fool-proof, and which will not readily deteriorate or get out of order.

\Vith these and other objects-in view, as will appear hereinafter, myinvention consists of certain novel features of construction,combination and arrangement of parts and portions, as will behereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in theappended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and tothe characters of reference thereon, which form a part of thisapplication, in which:

Serial No. 95,110.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the entrance portion of a garage, showing adoor mounted on a curved track with my remote lock and control means inconnection therewith; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevational view Ithereof, taken from the inside of the garage, showing the walls andother portions in section; Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary partialsectional and partial elevational view, taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1,showing a portion of the garage, the column or post for supporting thelock, the latch within the garage and the means for connecting the same;Fig. 4; is an enlarged fragmentary sectional eleva tional view thereof,taken through 4-4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a greatly enlarged viewthereof, taken on the line 5+5 of Fig. 4.

Like characters of reference refer to similar parts and portionsthroughout theseveral views of the drawings.

The structure 1, as shown in the drawings and as embodying my invention,is a garage or other small structure provided in one side or one endwith an entrance 1 over which is shiftably positioned a door 2. As shownin the drawings, the door consists of a plurality of panels 2, 2" and 2,hinged together,

.by means of hinges 2, at their adjacent edges for providing a foldabledoor, At the upper ends of the door panels are secured roller or flangedwheel hangers 3, which support the door on a track 4 supported, by meansof brackets 4 to the inside of the garage over the opening therein andon the inner side of the wall provided with the entrance, the portionsof the track at the adjacent side walls of the garage beingconnected'bya curved track portion 4*, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the(door may travel around the curved por tion to the side of the garage.The door 2 is normally adapted to be shifted to its par: positionagainst the sidewall. of the g r g by means of a weight 5,.which isconnected.

by means of a cable6 which extends around a sheave 7 and is connected atits opposite end to an eye portion 4? mounted on one of the hangers?)mounted on the mostlremotely positioned door panel 2 when the door isclosed. v l

vi l rp d to be h ld in a Chad position by means of a latch member 8,which is pivotally mounted intermediate its ends on a block 1 on theinside of the garage. The one end of the latch member 8 is provided witha hook portion 8 which is adapted to engage a corresponding hook portionon the keeper 9 which is secured to one edge of the door. Said latchmember 8 is held in engagement with the keeper 9 by means of a spring 10connected with the latch member 8. Said latch member is held in adownward or latching position by means of the spring 10 against the pin11 preferably mounted on the block 1 so that when the door is closed,the keeper 9 will raise the hook portionof the latch member 11 againstthe tension of the spring 10'and' will lock or latch with said hookportion.

At one sideof the driveway 12 leading to the entrance 1 of the structure1 is placed a column or post 13, the upper portion of which'ma-y beeasily reached from the drivers or other compartment of the automobile.Near the upper end' of the driveway side of the column 13 is provided anopening 13 in which is positioned an L-shaped frame 14 which ispivotally mounted on its lower shorter leg and near the intersection ofthe legs, by means of a hinge 15, on the column 13 within the recessmentioned. The longer leg oft-he L-shaped frame 14 is adapted, when theframe 14 is shifted inwardly, to close the opening 13". At the upper endand the inner side of the longer leg of theL-shaped frame 14 is mounteda lock 16 which, when the frame member 14 is shifted inwardly, isenclosed in a frame 17 secured within the recess 13, the beveled outerend of'thebolt 16" extending into a slot in the Wall of the frame 17, asshown in- Figs. 3 and 5. To the inner end of the shorter leg or arm 14of the frame 14 is secured the one end of a cable or other flexibleconnector 18, which extends downwardly through the longitudinal passage13" of the column 13, around a sheave 19 at the lower end of the column13, through a horizontal underground passage ortube 20 con necting thelower end of the column 13- with a box or chamber 22 positioned in thestructure 1, preferably below the floor level thereof, as shown in Fig;2. The cable 18 extends from the tube 20 around another sheave 21mounted in the box 22, and thence upwardly and is connected at itsendwith the one end of the latch member 8 opposite its hook portion 8.

I Thus, when the lock 16 is unlocked with a key from the automobile andpulled outwardlyfrom the recess in the column 13, by means of the handle14 at the upper end of the longer leg of the frame 14, the shorter legor arm 14 pulls the one end of the cable18upwardly around the sheaves19" and 21t0' the opposite end. of the cable 18=and therefore theattached end of the latch member 8 downwardly, which releases the hookportion thereof from the keeper 9 and permits the door to be carriedaround the track by the weight 5. After the door is open, the spring 10returns the latch 8 to its normally closed position and also pulls theframe 14 to its closed position, thus setting the latch memher 8 to beengaged by the keeper 9 and locked in position when the door is returnedto its closed position.

It will be here noted that although the column or post, on which thelock is mounted, is shown positioned on the rightside of the driveway orapproach to the door, the column may be conveniently placed on the leftside of the approach if desired, so that the lock may be unlockeddirectly from the drivers seat of the automobile.

Though I have shown and described a particular construction, combinationand arrangement of parts and portions and a particular adaptation of mylock and control means to a single flexible door hung on a track, I donot wish to be limited to this particular construction, combination andarrangement nor to the particular adaptation, but desire to include inthe scope ofmy invention the construction, combination and arrangementsubstantially as set-forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a lock mechanism of the class described, a lock support having arecess in one side, a lock supporting frame pivotally mounted on saidsupport adapted to cover said recess, a-lock positioned at the innerside of said frame adapted to be enclosed in said recess when said frameis positioned thereover, the bolt of the lock being adapted to engage arecess portion of said support, and means operatively connected to saidframe and adapted to be connected to a door.

2. In a lock mechanism of the class described, a support having a recessin one side, an L-shaped frame pivotally mounted on said support withits one leg extending into said recess and its other leg positioned tocover said recess when said L-shaped frame is shifted inwardly, a lockpositioned at the inner side of the last mentioned leg of said frame,the bolt of the lock being adapted to engage a recess portion of saidsupport, and means operatively connected to said first mentioned leg andadapted to be connected to a door.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at San Diego,California, this 5th day of March. 1926 CHARLES JACOB ANDREWS;

